(qiáo) - to look, to see (colloquial) in Mandarin
qiáoTraditional: 瞧
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Translation
to look, to see (colloquial)
Word origin
瞧 (qiáo) is a phono-semantic compound of 目, the eye radical, and 焦 (jiāo) as the phonetic. The eye radical signals seeing, giving the colloquial verb 'to look' or 'to see'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 目 (eye radical) + 焦 (jiāo, phonetic)
Stroke order
瞧
Examples
，。
Look, he is coming.
。
Look at what you have done.
。
Let me have a look.
。
Look at that little cat.
，雪！
Look, it's snowing!
瞧 (qiáo) is a colloquial way of saying to look or to see.
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